At the end of the show, puppet fan Natalie Kuc, 3, kissed Rufus the big brown dog, and shared her soft security blanket with Alvin the chipmunk. A large meeting room was packed full of Roz Puppets fans at the "Rufus and Pete Holiday Show" at the Bittersweet Branch of the Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library. In what turned out to be a Christmas variety show, Rufus, Pete the rat and Fletcher frog auditioned other puppet friends to find the perfect song for the big holiday pageant. Fuzzy rodents Simon, Theodore and Alvin sang "The Chipmunk Song" while toddlers danced on their parents' laps and youngsters danced from their front-row seats. Pete, the beady-eyed, bent-nosed rat gave his interpretation and dance solo of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." Only fuzzy snakelike creatures called the Pingtanglers stole the performance and then stole Pete. Wearing his crumpled, brown hat, Tommy the tortoise sang Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," accompanied by a singing gingerbread cookie. "I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas," was sung by little Jimmy, whose parents were mad because he'd been nothing but bad. A rock star that looked similar to Chuck Berry sang "Run, Run Rudolph," which sparked a scream of glee from a little girl in the audience who was wearing pigtails and bib overalls. At the end of the show, Rufus decided that all the songs were perfect for the holiday pageant and invited everyone to come listen. "They just did," reasoned Fletcher the frog. "I liked his green, spike-up hair," Brianna Nic, 4, said of Fletcher. Along with third-grader Joe Cenova, Brianna's favorite song was "I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas." They thought little Jimmy was funny because he was snitched on for putting a tack in his teacher's chair or tying a knot in Suzy's hair. The Roz Puppets may look similar to Muppets, however they are the unique brainchildren of Dave Rozmarynowski, who was in a hurry to get home to watch the children's TV show "H.R. Pufnstuf." "He has to watch every puppet show," said Rozmarynowski's daughter, Libby. Libby, a fifth-grader at St. Matthew Cathedral School in South Bend, made her debut as a puppeteer during the show. "Rufus and Pete's Holiday Show" was featured last week at all three locations of the Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library. Roz Puppets fans can look forward to Rozmarynowski's rendition of "Rumplestiltskin," during the 2009 summer reading program.